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There's a new sculpture in downtown Akron commemorating the 2014 Gay Games.

The sculpture was produced by 81-year-old local artist Don Drumm.

"I choose five different things that symbolize the games and I am very please to be able to pull it all together into a working piece."

Drumm says his design focuses on negative space.

"The spaces between the metal are important to the design as the figures themselves."

Drumm was under a tight budget and donated a lot of his time in order to complete it in time.

"We had a very specific budget and I donated my time."

The sculpture sits in front of the John S. Knight Center.

Prior to the unveiling, there was a meeting discussing LGBTQ rights around northeast Ohio and current legislation pending to further those rights in the Ohio Legislature.